rbradley

we will be there as well

have you sold the kayak? how much are you asking for it?

stated changing the plugs in the boat today and thought to myself...hmm I wonder what the gap on these plugs is supposed to be... motor is a merc 888, 1975 ford 302. if I look up a 75 ford 302 it suggests a .044, should I just go with that? I also updated to electronic ignition with a 45k volt coil, has anyone opened that gap up a bit after a conversion? seems like it could handle a bit bigger gap now.

Thanks for the ride, always good to see how it's done on other boats.

went out for the shakedown run this morning with a couple guys from work that had never been out on the big lake. started in 125 and headed west, started picking up fish in the 160's. ended up throwing 1 shaker back when pulling rods, so that made us 16 for...not sure, more than 20 though. 2 nice kings, 10 ho's and 4 smaller kings what worked well: mini silver streak green muffin on a dipsey back 190 electric rain silver streak down 115 on rigger everything caught fish though, actually had a double on one rod with a blueberry muffin free slider and the electric rain.

had a little time off work today and swapped out the old points system for the pertronix, EXTREMELY easy, less than an hour and had to run a new power cable to the coil as the old one had a large resistor to lower the voltage. started right up, will know more in a month when I pull it out of shed and put the muffs on it. also ended up getting a 110 amp alternator, should have plenty of power now. getting the urge for spring and a coho run down to st. joe

good work Ben, ordered mine yesterday, one thing to note is pertronix customer service is great, I had a dual point mallory distributor so I was having trouble figuring out which one I needed, a quick call, left a message, and 20 minutes later a call back with all the info I asked for. I ended up with the ignitor II, I liked the idea of the adaptive dwell ability also dropped the alternator off, now just trying to find the right set of plug wires, my cap is a non-hei (female connection) and I'm a little hesitant to buy one of the universal cut to length sets.

Does anyone know if I need to get marine specific (merc 888) plug wires or if a set for a ford 302 will work? I want to get something to handle the hotter spark from a 40,000 v coil, I was thinking a 302 set would work

Thanks for all the input guys, currently planning on just switching the points with electronic ignition and upgrade coil and wires as they need it anyway. Jon, if that's a blue pursuit in your profile pic I definitely have your old boat, I'll have the alternator checked before I upgrade or replace. Love the old boat, just something about that old slickcraft style. have done a lot of upgrades in the last couple years, humminbird 957C sonar, two mag 20 riggers, updated wiring, new stereo, new seats with one captains chair and one lounge style then put a 120 qt cooler behind the captains chair.

Looking for some input on a couple of things for my 75 slickcraft 194ss. It has a ford 302 in it (merc 888) and I want to change it over to electronic ignition, I have been looking at kits, and wonder if it is worth the money to get a complete kit with coil,rotor, cap, and wires (~420.00) or just change over the points to electronic, and update the coil/wires as they need it anyway, prices I've looked at are around 280 for that. any specific kind you like? or just any marine grade? second thing is my alternator doesn't seem to keep up eith my new electric riggers along with lights/radio/stereo/sonar running all the time, is there a place I can get mine rebuilt? at the end of the year it didn't seen to want to charge anything over 12.5 volts either, could there be something else wrong? I am running dual marine batteries on a perko switch, thanks for any suggestinos

Feel free to get in contact with me this spring, I don't use it much anymore, so if it is something you end up liking your more than welcome to try it out on your boat.

I'll post pics later, here is the link to it from west marine, I bought mine from somewhere else online, they hold ice ok, but do leak at the zipper some. http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_11151_10001_193484_-1?cid=chanintel_google&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=193484

I actually used one as my main cooler for 3 or 4 years, helped with space on my smallish boat until I redid the seats this year. mine is a smith, i think 22" by 66" or something like that, i'm north of zeeland if you want to give it a try, it didn't leave the garage this year with my new seat arrangement/120 qt cooler I think they are around 125 bucks